Hanger for wall closets



Nov. 22, 1927. 1,650,057

l K. A. WERNLE HANGER FOR WALL CLOSETS,

Filed u 192e /yl Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL A. WERNL,V0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

HANGER FOR TNALIZy CLOSETS.

Application lcd Mayl, 1926. Serial No. 109,449. Q i

The invention of this application pertains generally to means for securing closet bowls, urinals, sinks and the like in place against a partition wall and more particularly to a means for connecting suoli articles, vessels or receptacles to a soil or drain pipe, whereby the article, vessel or receptacle is supported through the connection to' relieve the wall from the load thereof. The invention in one application and in a preferred form thereof will be described in connection with the closet bowl of the type ordinarily known asa wall closet.

One of the primary objects oiE my inven tion is to provide a simple form of supporting connection or hanger of the character indicated above, which may be easily installed and adjusted, one to which the closet bowl or other vessel or receptacle may be readily connected and one which will securelysupport and rigidly maintain the bowl or other vessel in position independently of but contiguously to the partition wall so that clearance will be provided between the bowl or other vessel and the floor. v.

Another object is to provide a hanger for the purpose and of the character indicated, simple of construction, arrangement and use, one which may be economically manufactured, one which may be quickly and readily adjusted to, along or about a soll or waste pipe regardless ot' the thickness ot' the wall between the closet or other vessel and the hanger and one which will be strong and durable in use.

Many further object-s including ythe constructional details and their arrangement will be or should become apparent from the following description and claims and from the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational viewpartly in section of a wall closet assembly supported and connected to a main soil pipe through the medium of a hanger constructed in accordance with the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger shown in Fig. 1.

ln the drawing, 2 designates a wall closet bowl or any other similar receptacle, 3 a

wall or partition against or in proximity, to

which the bowl 2 is mounted, l designates the floor and 5 the main soil pipe connection elbow or T connection. The closet bowl dis;

charge` opening 6 is connected through a thimble 7 abutting against a packing 8 disposedV in a recess 9 around the discharge no part ofV my present invention per se, as

the same may be utilizedlwith various other arrangements and connections, as will be clearly obvious. However, certain of said parts form the subject matter of my Patent No. 1,637,365, dated August 2,1927, to which reference may be had for further information regarding them.

Very often the wall or partition 3 is thin and weak and will not 'stand the weight of the ordinary closet bowl or the weight of suchbowl with the usual strains imposed upon it. Vhether the wall be thin and weak or not, it is desirable that it be relieved from any appreciable strain due to the weight of the bowl vor strains imposed upon the bowl and that the weight of the bowl be carried or transmitted directly to the soil pipe. At the same time it is necessary that little or no relative movement between the bowl and y kany strains which may be imposed upon it and to overcome the possibility of appreciable relative movement betweenthe soil pipe branch connection and the bowl, I provide a hanger which is generally designated 13.

L This hanger includes a sleeve-like body portion 14 adapted to be slipped .over the soil pipebranch or connection l0 and to be adjusted therealong or-thereabout to any .desii-able or necessary position. Projecting substantially radially from what I shall term theA forward end of the body portion are a plurality of legs or arms 15 and 16, the legs or arms 1`6 in this instance being shown aslonger than the legs or arm 15 for the type of closet or bowl to which they are to be attached, as will appear.

The legs or arms 15 and 16 of the hanger are preferably drilled and tapped, as shown at 17 and 18, for the reception of stud bolts 19 and 20- which are engaged at their other ends with a rear flange 21 formed integrally with the bowl. rlhe sleeve portion 14; is preferably provided with two ribs 22 which preferably extend the ull length of the sleeve and in parallel relation. These ribs are preferably of triangular cross section with an apex thereof lying on a radius tromA the center ot the sleeve portion.

Opposed to the ribs 22 is a set screw or the like 23 which serves to clamp the soil pipe branch against the ribs 22 when the hanger is disposed about or embraces the soil pipe branch.

In Vassembling the structure the bowl may be temporarily supported in any suitable manner during the time employed 'for coupling it to the soil pipe 5. rlhe hanger 13 is disposed over one end of the soil pipe branch and allowed to remain loosely thereon until the stud bolts 19 and 2O are `engaged with it and with the rear flange 21 of the bowl. The bowl is, ot course, levelled or otherwise adjusted inthe position in which it is desired to maintain it, during which operation the hanger through the bolts 19 rand 2O will be swung one way or the other about the soil pipe branch because it is loosely positioned thereon. After the bowl has been properly positioned the bolts 19 and 20 may be rotated to adjust the hanger to the proper position tore and att along the soil pipe branch and when properly positioned the set screw 28 or its equivalent is screwed down against the soil pipe branch to secure the soil pipe branch and hanger rigidly together. It su'Hicient tension has not been placed on the bolts 19 and 20 and the closet bowl 2 by this operation has not been rigidly secured to the soil pipe branch, the bolts 19 and 2O may be further tightened to impose the requisite tension or pulling action on the closet bowl. rllhe result is that the weight ot the bowl 2 and any weight imposed thereon tending to urge the lower portion ot the bowl against the wallA and t o pull the upper portion of the bowl away tronil the wall or other partition, will place the bolts under com. pression and the bolts 19 under tension, thus transmitting any torsional tendency or strains of the bowl on the hanger which, by reason of the ribs and set screw 23, will in turn impose the strain upon the soil pipe 1. A hanger 'for wall closets comprising, a4

portion at apted to be secured to a closet, a

sleeve connected to said portion and adapted to be loosely disposed about a soil pipe branch, and mea-ns ifor securing said sleeve in a plurality or positions or' adjustment along andV about said soil pipe whereby to position said portion with respect to the closet ,comprising, a pair 01" spaced vprojections on the interior ot said sleeve adapted to contact with the surfacev of the branch, and aV single set screw tor drawing' the projections and branch tightly together.

2. A hanger of the class described coinprising, a portion adapted to be .connected to closets and the like, a sleeve secured and er.- tending at an angle to the portion and adapted to be loosely disposed about a soil pipe branch and adjustable in one direction with respect to .said pipe, spaced ribs on the interior ot said sleeve adapted to normally clearsaid pipe when said sleeve is adjusted with respect to the pipe, and means tor urging` said ribs and branch relatively toward one another.

3. A hanger of the class described comprising, .a sleeve'adapted to Vbe loosely disposed about a soil pipe branch for adjustment with respect thereto, spaced ribs on the f interior oft said sleeve, a single set screw tor urging said ribs and branch relatively toward one another regardless et the position to which said sleeve may be adjusted, and means 'for connecting the 'hanger at a plurality ot points to a closet bowl. Y

1n witness or the foregoing 1 atii; my

sign ature.

KARL A. wnaNLn. 

